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PSA-CAR Special Release: Foreign Trade Statistics
Table 2. Exports by Commodity in CAR: January and February 2016
i. Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles
thereof
ii. Raw hides and skins, leather, fur skins and articles
thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods,
handbags and similar containers; articles of
animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
iii. Textiles and textiles articles
iv. Base metals and articles of base metals
v. Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical
equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and
reproducers, and parts and accessories of such
articles
vi. Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport
equipment
vii. Optical, photographic, cinematographic,
measuring, checking, precision, medical or
surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and
watches; musical instruments; parts and
accessories thereof
viii. Miscellaneous manufactured articles
ix. Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
Country of Destination
As of February 2016, CAR largely exported to 3 countries, namely Singapore, The
Netherlands, and the United States of America (USA). Singapore had the biggest
share of the region’s exports at 36.6% with total value of $43,272,699, followed by
the Netherlands with 24.6% amounting to $29,157,363 of exports value, and the
United States of America (USA) at 12.7% or $15,028,942 in total value.
The region also exported goods to countries such as Malaysia, Mexico, Canada,
Republic of Korea, Israel, UAE, Switzerland, Thailand, India, Poland, Saudi Arabia,
Qatar, Vietnam, Portugal, Ireland, Brazil, Italy and Austria. These countries had
exports value registering in total payments of $1,855,596 or 1.6% of the total CAR
Exports.